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Rose, I know you just got done shutting down your thread about your EMG, but I think I need to state a few things that relate to it. It's not only for your benefit . . . but also . . . for the benefit of others on here. I copied what I wrote when I got the message your thread was closed, so I...

There are going to be 150 ALS walks in the U.S. this year. The ones in my neck of the woods are happening in September. I have included the link for anyone who is interested. As Jeff (aka ZenArcher) once said: time to kick the $#!+ out of ALS...

I have read many, many, many threads since joining this forum and I continually have come across people talking about AnnMarie. She is obviously adored by everyone on here, but I can't find any of her posts. Could someone please tell me her story? I am simply asking out of curosity and...

It's been awhile since I've posted a new thread on here. I've been too busy responding to other people's threads and trying to relieve their fears . . . and I'm also trying to stop worrying so much about my symptoms. Well, this morning I woke-up with a new one: my thumb twitches inward toward...

Hey guys I was sent the lithium study by a fellow ALS forum member (Mark) and it certainly appears to be very well done. It was a double-blind study (with the exception of one physician who needed to know who was getting lithium to adjust levels if needed . . . but that physician did not...

Does anyone know why ALS almost always starts distally . . . that is . . . in the hands and the feet . . . and why it "marches" from one muscle to another muscle? It's a disease that kills motor neurons in the spinal cord, so you'd think that it would affect muscles closer to the trunk of the...

Did anyone have postexertional pain in their limbs that would last hours . . . that is . . . after doing some very light exercises did anyone feel pain in their muscles . . . like someone was wrenching their arms . . . again, as a very early symptom? I am just about a month into this and am...

I am seeing muscle atrophy on one side of my body: shoulder, bicep, forearm, upper back and lower back (again, all on the right side). . . all of this has happened in a matter of a month. My muscles are still proportinate and they aren't that much smaller, but they are DEFINITELY smaller. I am...

I read every post about muscle atrophy on here and didn't really know whether or not atrophy happens in muscles that don't fasciculate. I have noticed that the muscles in my lower back and lower abs seem smaller but I never get fasics there. Is that possible? Are those muscles that other...

I have done a search on here and couldn't find the answer to this question, so I apologize if I didn't find it and am repeating a question already posed: Simply . . . what causes muscle weakness with ALS? Is it atrophy of the muscle or something else? The reason I ask, is that when I had my...